Hollywood and the Americanization of Britain : from the 1920s to the present / Mark Glancy.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Glancy, Mark, 1962- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Motion picture audiences--Great Britain--History--20th century.

Motion picture audiences.

Motion picture audiences--Great Britain--History--21st century.

Motion pictures--California--Los Angeles--Influence.

Motion pictures.

Motion pictures, American--Appreciation--Great Britain--History--20th century.

Motion pictures, American.

Motion pictures, American--Appreciation--Great Britain--History--21st century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (352 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Distribution:

[London, England] : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2019.

Place of Publication:

London, England : I.B. Tauris, 2019.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

For nearly 100 years, Hollywood has provided not only the majority, but also the most popular of films shown on British Screens. For many Britons, Hollywood films are not considered to be foreign films. Whether seen in the cinema or on television, they are regarded as normal screen fare and a part of everyday life. Hollywood and the Americanization of Britain is the first book to take a wide ranging view of this phenomenon and to explore the impact of American films on their audiences and the reception of them by these audiences from early days to the present. Mark Glancy investigates Hollywoo.

Contents:

One. T̀emporary American Citizens': Audiences and Americanization

Two. F̀or the Purpose of Pleasing Women': British Fan Culture and Rudolph Valentino

Three. T̀wo Countries Divided by a Common Language': The Arrival of the Talkies

Four. Ǹothing Ever Happens in England': Keeping the Gangsters at Bay

Five. T̀he Minx's Progress': Gone with the Wind as Britain's Favourite War Film

Six. T̀he American Film Par Excellence': Domesticating the Western

Seven. T̀he Sixth Form Was Never Like This': Grease (1978) and the American 1950s

Eight. T̀he Wrong Side of the Special Relationship': The Patriot (2000) and the War of Independence in Films.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Print version record.

ISBN:

9780857734488

0857734482

9780755698080

0755698088

9780857723055

0857723057

OCLC:

864747859